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from www.chicagotribune.com – A son fathered by Arnold Schwarzenegger with his housekeeper was born less than a week after Maria Shriver gave birth to another Schwarzenegger son, according to birth records obtained Wednesday by CNN.
The New York Times, citing two friends of the family, reported the mother was Mildred Patricia Baena, who worked for two decades as housekeeper for the Schwarzenegger family.
The former California governor acknowledged Tuesday he was the father of a child “over a decade ago,” but he did not identify the mother. CNN is not identifying the child.
The birth certificate listed the father as the man Baena was married to at the time. However, divorce papers obtained by CNN say the couple separated less than three weeks after the October 2, 1997, birth. She is a 50-year-old native of Guatemala, according to the document.
The Los Angeles Times, which first reported the story early Tuesday, quoted the woman as saying she recently retired “on good terms” with the couple after working for them for 20 years.
Schwarzenegger has provided support for the child since birth, one source told CNN.
Property records indicate Baena purchased a home in Bakersfield, California, in June. Television crews and paparazzi swarmed the residential cul de sac in northwest Bakersfield on Wednesday, but there was no sign of Baena.
A neighbor told journalists, including a reporter with CNN affiliate KTLA, that Baena told them she previously worked for Schwarzenegger.
The revelation that Schwarzenegger fathered a child outside his marriage came a week after Schwarzenegger and Shriver jointly announced they were “amicably separating.” No reason for their split was given at the time.
The developments have been “very hard” for Schwarzenegger, and the actor “is doing everything he can to take full responsibility to take all of the spotlight off his children and wife,” a source close to Schwarzenegger told CNN.
“He realizes the terrible mistake he made and has a lot of work to do to repair his relationship with his family,” the source said, adding that Schwarzenegger has asked people around him to not talk about his relationship with his wife and children.
“He’s in touch with his family and talked to them last night and apologized to them,” the source said Tuesday, noting that Schwarzenegger also spoke with Maria Shriver, his wife of 25 years.
The source told CNN the action-movie star has three movie deals and is slated to shoot a drama called “Cry Macho” this summer. However, the source said, Schwarzenegger has put the other two movie projects on hold to concentrate on his family.
“He has a lot of work to do to repair the relationships and rebuild their trust,” the source said. “He will do whatever they want him to do — give them space or be there — to allow them to heal and get through this.”
Shriver, meanwhile, joined talk show legend Oprah Winfrey on Tuesday for a taping of the Oprah Surprise Spectacular — part of the final episodes of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” scheduled to air next week.
As she walked on stage with longtime Oprah confidant Gayle King, thousands in Chicago’s United Center jumped to their feet and erupted in applause. “For 30 years you have bestowed the most amazing friendship on me,” Shriver told Winfrey.
Shriver went on to talk about Winfrey’s role in encouraging young people to pursue their education and introduced a video tribute from youths around the world. Shriver did not talk to media backstage but appeared happy and smiled in a long, navy sequin gown throughout her on-camera appearance.
Earlier Tuesday, she released a written statement describing “a painful and heartbreaking time.”
“As a mother, my concern is for the children,” Shriver said. “I ask for compassion, respect and privacy as my children and I try to rebuild our lives and heal. I will have no further comment.”